RIP Giorgio Trevisan

 

Giorgio Trevisan, internationally renowned cartoonist, has died

He was 89 years old. He was, among other things, the designer of the characters of Ken Parker, Sherlock Holmes and Julia

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October 6, 2024

 

The painter and illustrator Giorgio Trevisan, one of the internationally renowned masters of Italian comics, designer of the characters of Ken Parker, Sherlock Holmes and Julia, died on Saturday 5 October at the 'Mother Teresa of Calcutta' hospital in Monselice (Padua) at the age of 89.

Born in Merano (Bolzano) on October 13, 1934, after graduating from the classical high school, Trevisan moved, on the advice of his father, to Padua to follow the courses of the Faculty of Agriculture. Here he was advised to devote himself to comics and illustration (he had already drawn a short comic story for a small typographer publisher on the South Tyrolean hero Andrea Soffher) and moved to Milan, where he began to collaborate with Studio Dami. For Roy D'Amy (Rinaldo Dami) between 1956 and 1960 he drew the pencils of "Cherry Brandy racconta..." and he made pencils and inks for war stories for the British market.

Between 1959 and 1977 Trevisan worked continuously for the publishing house of the "Corriere della Sera". For the "Corriere dei piccoli" he painted in tempera the figurines of the "History of Rome" and "History of the Risorgimento", then the central page with the "History of Italy" on texts by Mino Milani. For the "Corriere dei ragazzi" he drew stories from the series "Catastrophes on Earth" (in particular "Fear in Milan", on a text by Milani), "The Great Generals" and "Trials of History". For "Corrier Boy" he drew comic stories from the "Great Indian Chiefs" series.

In the meantime, through the Maffi agency, between 1960 and 1968, he worked for the French Lug drawing various characters, some of which (such as Archie and Fury) would also arrive at Italian newsstands in magazines such as "Alex & C.", "Rodeo" and "Zembla". In 1961-1962 he also made Salgarian adventures for the publisher Vaglieri. In the sixties he moved to Este (Padua, Italy), where he lived with his wife Vera and their four children.

In 1965 with Studio Dami he worked for Fleetway illustrating the children's novels "The Secret Garden", "The Dog of Flanders", "Till Ulenspiegel", "Tom Thumb" and "Gulliver" in colored ink, while he created comic strips "The Wizard of Oz". Trevisan has also illustrated some novels for the gift boxes to Mondadori subscribers: for 1971 short stories by Poe, Melville, Melburne; for 1972 "L'amore" by Stendhal, "Il giovane Werter" by Goethe and "Jacopo Ortis" by Foscolo. In 1971 he began his collaboration with the "Messaggero dei ragazzi" of Padua, creating "Fatima" on a text by Nicolette. The entirety of his activity for the publishing house of the Basilica del Santo earned him the European Christian Press Award.

Since 1973 he has drawn all eight issues of the "Medium" series (including covers) for the Dardo publishing house, plus an issue that has remained unpublished, all on texts by Romano Garofalo. Also for Dardo he also drew various war stories for the Super Eroica, Reportage, Prima linea and Uomini e guerra series; he also created many covers for "Il menntrò as an illustrator in Sergio Bonelli Editore for which he created, even during the eighties, comic series that would become particularly famous such as Storia del West and Ken Parkersile" and "Reportage". At the end of the seventies Trevisan joined Sergio Bonelli Editore as an illustrator for which he created, even during the eighties, comic series that will become particularly famous such as History of the West and Ken Parker. He later became part of the team of Julia, the criminologist created by Giancarlo Berardi and was also commissioned to create the celebratory number 100, "Clowns", in color. Also during the eighties Trevisan also created comic stories with the character of Sherlock Holmes published by the magazine "L'Eternauta" on texts by Giancarlo Berardi, transposition of some original stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. In 1991 Trevisan created the Romantic Tarot and the Renaissance Tarot produced by Lo Scarabeo editions.

TREVISAN, Giorgio

Born: 10/13/1934, Merano, South Tyral, Italy

Died: 10/5/2024, Monselice, Padua, Italy

 

Giorgio Trevisan – comic book artist:

Cherry Brandy – 1956

Pat e Pa – 1966

West Story - 1970

Ken Parker – 1977- 2015

Story of the West - 1980

The Great Indian Chiefs – 1983